DESIGN BUILD

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

The 2025 Design-Build program intends to introduce and expose high school students to Architecture and other Design Fields through an array of educational and participatory activities which includes guest speakers from various professions, firm visits, skills training, designing and building furniture, construction site tours, and more. 

Every Saturday for 5 weeks, students will be introduced to a series of design tools and learn new ways to think critically about their community. The goal is to understand different design career paths, gain the skills needed to excel, and learn more about the work behind a project proposal and development. The five sessions will loosely follow a typical architecture project design sequence: Pre-Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Construction Administration.

DELIVERABLE:

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LOGISTICS:

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Lunch will be provided for each session.

See information below to sign up for this year’s program as a volunteer or student. Please send all other questions to designbuild@i-noma.org. 

STUDENTS

Interest forms are open for 2025 Teen Programming! If you'd like to apply to join our 2025 Program, here's what you need to know:

SCHEDULED SESSION DAYS: Saturdays (TBD NOVEMBER 2025)

TIME: 9am-1pm

AGE: High School Students, Incoming Freshmen - 12th Grade

COST: $50 Due At Registration (To reserve spot)

FULL SCHEDULE: COMING SOON

VOLUNTEERS

Thanks for your interest in guiding the young architects of the future! Here are some details you'll need to know:

As a volunteer, you will be mentoring high school students through their projects along with helping coordinate the Design Build program. Through participation in this program, you will have the opportunity to help in areas where you are skilled, and work on areas where you would like to improve (we mentor each other as well!) Our specified areas include logistics and planning (organizing stuff), design and procurement (finding cool donations for the project), production (doing drawings and models for students to work off of), curriculum development, and of course actual mentoring, just to name a few.

You’re invited to join the I-NOMA Design Build leadership.

SCHEDULED SESSION DAYS: Saturdays (TBD NOVEMBER 2025)

TIME: 9am -1pm

AGE: College and above, ideally with experience in architecture, construction or design related professions.

COST: Free

MENTOR PLANNING MEETINGS: Tuesdays from 6-7pm

PHOTO GALLERY OF PAST YEARS (Photo Credit: Kai Brown)